Marshfield Dreams by Ralph Fletcher - Writing with Mentor Texts series

If you're a reader of my blog, you know that I big puffy heart Ralph Fletcher. His memoir, Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid is a staple mentor text in my classroom. Every chapter is just a short, little snippet and rich with teachable moments.

This lesson uses a chapter titled "Friends." Though the chapter is short, students will get a lot out of it and will likely need two or more days to finish their final piece.

Lesson Eight: Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid ("Friends") by Ralph Fletcher.

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Writing with Mentors Series Lesson Plans: Summer 2016

• The Important Book by Margaret WiseBrown
• If I Ran the School by Bruce Lansky
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
• The Writing of Roald Dahl
• The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups by David Wisniewski
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
• How to Get a Girlfriend by the Kindergarten Students of Zagreb, Croatia
• Marshfield Dreams by Ralph Fletcher
• I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff and David Catrow